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Definition of Cortisol

1. Noun. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.

Definition of Cortisol

1. Noun. (steroid hormone) The steroid hormone hydrocortisone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cortisol

1. a hormone [n -S] - See also: hormone

Medical Definition of Cortisol

1. The major adrenal glucocorticoid, stimulates conversion of proteins to carbohydrates, raises blood sugar levels and promotes glycogen storage in the liver. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Cortisol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"Hokfelt (1961) reported increases in plasma cortisol and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids following cigarette smoking in human subjects. ..."

2. Research on Alcohol and Alcoholism (1993)
"Nun's findings were consistent with those regarding reduced alpha-2 receptor sensitivity (Nun 1987). cortisol levels throughout day 1, with a return to ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Endotoxin suppresses cortisol induced enzyme synthesis by stimulating a ... cortisol induced PEPCK synthesis in cultured hepatoma cells has now been found ..."

4. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"We retrospectively examined cortisol levels from 27 subjects before and after the first 8 weeks of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine ..."

5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"The syndrome is characterized by an elevated plasma or urine cortisol level, ... Although chronic ethanol exposure stimulates cortisol secretion, ..."

6. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"(1988) measured the responses of PRL, GH, and cortisol to fenfluramine ... In contrast to the other subjects, ACTH and cortisol were not correlated in the ..."

7. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"HRV and cortisol responses were recorded, and subjects were grouped into low and high HRV groups. Performance on tasks involving simple and choice reaction ..."

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